About 35 minutes from our Covington shop. Tacoma's old houses make EV installs more interesting than most. Licensed electricians, permit included, exact price before any work starts.
Done once, done to code, inspected.
Tesla Wall Connector, universal J1772, or the charger that came with the car. 240 volts, 7ā11 kW, a full charge overnight.
Its own 40- to 60-amp breaker and its own wire, sized to the charger and to your panel. Nothing shared.
We measure what your panel already carries before we pick a breaker. Full panel: load management or an upgrade, your choice.
Tacoma Power issues electrical permits and does the inspections inside its service territory. We pull the permit and meet the inspector.
The panel, the lot and the utility decide most of the job. Here is what we usually find.
North End, Proctor and Stadium houses were wired before anyone owned a dryer. Fuse boxes and 60- or 100-amp services are common, and a charger is usually the moment the service gets upgraded. South and East Tacoma are 1950sā60s with 100-amp panels that sometimes have room.
Many Tacoma houses have a detached garage at the alley or street parking only. Detached-garage feeds and driveway-side outdoor chargers are both things we do often here.
Tacoma Power, which is also the inspection authority inside the city.
A technician reaches out within 1 business hour of your booking.
Photos or a quick visit. We measure the load, pick the breaker and route, and give you the exact price.
Dedicated circuit, charger mounted where the cable reaches, everything labeled. Usually half a day.
The inspector signs it off. You plug in that night.
Usually, and we check before we quote. North End, Proctor and Stadium houses were wired before anyone owned a dryer. Fuse boxes and 60- or 100-amp services are common, and a charger is usually the moment the service gets upgraded. South and East Tacoma are 1950sā60s with 100-amp panels that sometimes have room.
Most installs are half a day. A panel upgrade alongside it makes it a full day.
Yes. Tacoma Power issues electrical permits and does the inspections inside its service territory. We pull the permit and meet the inspector.
Yes. A weather-rated charger or a NEMA 14-50 outlet in an outdoor enclosure, on a GFCI-protected circuit, mounted where the cable reaches the car.
You get the exact price after we look at your panel and the run, before any work starts. You approve it first.
Book online in a minute or call. Exact price before any work starts.